Mid-Plains Community College (MPCC) is a public

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in southwest

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with seven campuses: one in McCook, two in North Platte, and four community campuses in Broken Bow, Imperial, Ogallala and Valentine. The college was established by the

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in 1973. It was created by a merger of McCook Junior College, North Platte Junior College, and Mid-Plains Vocational Technical School in North Platte. McCook Junior College, founded in 1926, was the oldest two-year institution in Nebraska at the time of the merger.

Athletics

Mid-Plains's campuses that sponsor athletics operate separate athletic programs, and neither plays games under the "Mid-Plains" name; the McCook campus plays as the McCook CC Indians, while the North Platte campuses complete as the North Platte CC Knights.https://npccknights.com/ Both are members of the Nebraska Community College Athletic Conference of the

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* Two-year colleges in the United States Community colleges in Nebraska 1973 establishments in Nebraska Educational institutions established in 1973 {{Nebraska-university-stub